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| We may no longer have aerospace nor rail locomotive industries, but we still have shipbuilding and power stations. And Wolfland maintains its reputation for developing some really bright engineers, like BarmyWaffle. |
“BarmyWaffle!” exclaims NutJob, “he gets a mention! How did he do that?”
“That was thirty years ago, long before you were born,” says Faraday, “back then he and I were working together on the Leven Dam Project.”
“After Wolfie Windy Water built the hydro electric power station we all moved back to Lancaster. It was then that I met Franklin and I started here at the PrintWorks. Barmy got a job at the Garrison. He was always much more into fine detail than big projects, and he led the development of a new technique for improving crossbows. He used animal bone to build a composite bow. Composites of composites if I remember correctly, though you’ll have to ask him about that!”
“I’m good with copper wire. Motors and dynamos are my thing, that’s why they call me Faraday!”
“And Franklin? Why is Bennie called Franklin?”
“Benjamin Franklin. He ran a newspaper. And Benita Scott runs this newspaper. When she was promoted to editor, the other journalists nicknamed her Franklin.”
“Anyway, side project time,” says Faraday, “we need to look at those needle roller bearings again. Fine detail stuff, I need somebody like you or Barmy to do that. I don’t have dainty, agile fingers like you!”